The Victorian government is banking on a $1.5 billion traffic fines bonanza to top up its bottom line by the 2009-10 financial year, a secret report shows.

The cabinet report, revealed in the Herald Sun, shows the government plans to collect $1.3 billion through Victoria’s 2000-plus speed cameras and $200 million in on-the-spot fines by 2009-10.

The assessment, prepared by VicRoads, does not count the expected $125 million-a-year windfall from the EastLink toll road, which has not yet opened.

Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu said the document was showed the government is addicted to traffic fines.

“The forecast revenue in this document is more than five times the promised tax relief in this week’s state budget, showing John Brumby is more interested in gouging drivers with fines than lifting the tax burden on Victorians,” he said.

Forecasts for traffic camera revenue for the next four years were not released in the budget, but released a total fine figure for next financial year of $500 million, the Herald Sun said.

The government on Thursday refused to release the latest forecasts for the next four financial years.

A government spokesman said all speed camera fines went to the Better Roads Victoria Trust.

“It is our hope camera fines decrease due to people slowing down, which could save Victoria part of the estimated $3.5 billion a year road trauma costs,” the spokesman said.

Meet lawyer Mark Morgan. He acted for a Victorian woman who was beaten up by police. Just last week Mark Morgan was given a four month suspended sentence for contempt of court: he could lose his practising certificate and he owes the state government hundreds of thousands of dollars. And the police who bashed his clients? They’ve never paid a cent. And neither has the State of Victoria.

Corporate and white collar crime is generally viewed as a lesser crime than one of a physical nature, although the consequences could be greater. This can be supported by the lenient sentences handed out to the perpetrators. Corporations or individuals used as scapegoats are generally the perpetrators.

It is naive to believe that any government is immune from corruption. It’s quite often the contrary. History has proven this time and again, and it is more evident in certain governments / cultures, whilst in others it is kept secret.

A document titled ‘Secret Monies’ outlines the methods used by the government to obtain monies fraudulently. For example if the government has an approximate 10 million people on social security benefits, the payments issued are stagnated throughout the working week. This equates to approximately 2 million people per day. If the average weekly payment is $200, then the daily rate is approximately $40. Therefore an approximate amount of $80 million, per day can be issued out.

Normally if Monday is a Public Holiday, then any Social Security forms to be handed in are usually done on the Friday before, eventuating in payments made the following business day, that being Tuesday. In this case, Labour Day Holiday (Monday), forms were not requested to be handed in on Friday, so the next working day being Tuesday is when they must be presented. eventuating in payment made on Wednesday.

The government has kept your money for an extra day, and in the example made above, can hold interest made on $80,000,000 for its own purposes. This is one example the contents of the document mentioned previously. This is more than enough grounds for a class action law suite.

If an individual has committed an offence against the government, they will be convicted, and therefore excluded from certain functions / roles in society.

There are no repercussions for fraud committed by the government against its people, only excuses.